A is A, until it shifts breathlessly into B, and leaves my gaping intransigent mind in a contradiction-induced coma.

Consciousness exists, until one's own mind can no longer be trusted, leaving objective reality at the mercy of a subjective illness.

A mind is not itself until it is aware of something, but it is twisted against itself if that something is false.

The Law of Causality is perempted into the Law of Meaningless Neurotransmitter Activity, presenting effects without a cause.

Man is an end in himself, but depression throws a wrench in the means.

Reason is the means of gaining knowledge, except that the falsification of reason leads to the unreliability of knowledge.

Man lives with his own happiness as the purpose of his life, until happiness seems like a baited hook placed forever beyond one's reach, and man feels like his purpose is to be forever scorned.

Self-esteem...haha.

Rational self-interest implies that the being involved know what is in its self-interest. Marginal analysis implies that neither side is weighted by phantom facts.

Morality rests on an individual's will to live...but amorality ensues when he loses that will to live.

Altruism leads to corruption of the self...but what happens when one wishes someone would understand how they feel, and they are rejected because they are recognized as posing a threat to others' well-being and self-esteem?